{"id":493,"date":"2025-05-12T10:53:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T09:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/?p=493"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:51:38","slug":"academic-co-directors-for-imperial-global-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/senior-appointments\/2025\/05\/12\/academic-co-directors-for-imperial-global-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Co-Directors for Imperial Global India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Elena Dieckmann\u202fand Professor Sanjeev Gupta have accepted the appointment of Academic Co-Director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/about\/global\/india\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Imperial Global India<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, with effect from 1 March 2025 for a term of three years. This is a 0.2\u202fFTE role.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reporting to the Vice-President (Strategic Engagement), the Academic Co-Directors will provide strategic vision, direction and leadership to the hub.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Dr Dieckmann has been a Lecturer in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/design-engineering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Dyson School of Design Engineering<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> since 2023, following the completion of both her Master\u2019s degree and PhD at Imperial. Dr Dieckmann is the Director of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/study\/courses\/postgraduate-taught\/cleantech-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Cleantech Innovation MSc<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and previously held the role of Second Year Lead for the Innovation Design Engineering MA\/MSc, a joint programme with the Royal College of Art. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Her main research interests are in circular economy, waste resource conversion, deeptech translation and sustainable manufacturing. Elena collaborates on sustainability-focused research projects with the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professor Gupta joined Imperial in 1999 as Lecturer and was promoted to Professor of Earth Science in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/earth-science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Department of Earth Science and Engineering<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in 2010. Professor Gupta is an Earth and planetary scientist with research interests in planetary surface processes. He has worked extensively in India on the role of rivers in early civilisations in the Ganga basin, and quantifying groundwater depletion, with researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He currently works on Mars exploration and is <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">on the science teams for NASA\u2019s\u202fMars Science Laboratory Curiosity and M2020 Perseverance rover missions.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sanjeev holds a number of senior advisory roles in the UK, including chair of the UK Space Agency Robotic Exploration Oversight Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Elena Dieckmann\u202fand Professor Sanjeev Gupta have accepted the appointment of Academic Co-Director for Imperial Global India, with effect from 1 March 2025 for a term of three years. 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